Remembrance and Deliverance.

I remember I remember,Those cold harsh wintersof December.With people and the world,Running amok in happinessand holiday cheer.Putting aside differences,Overlooking their fears.Revisiting un-kept promises,Reflecting upon unforeseenconsequences.Vowing to be better,Vowing to make changes.Promising yet gentle,Every demeanor, everyaction;Like the soft and gentlesnow flakes,Falling to the ground,Framing my window.A reminder of all thatwas built,Of all that we had,And of all that, Which once is gone,Can never come back.While embracing the spiritOf happiness, peace and unity, Which brings us together.We rush to forget however,Scars, memories and wounds,Stained, tattooed and brandedBy the piercing, barbed,Razor sharp blades of difference. Of hatred and discord.We choose to forget,Our past wrongs;While searching for peace,While looking for redemption.Barely registering, norregarding,The consequences of our actions.Forgetting the ease With which it is,That we sow the seeds of disagreement,Of unrest, of discord. Forgetting the manysacrifices,Of life, love and home,By those long forgottenheroesWho walked the treacherous pathTowards, unity, togethernessand hope. The only memories of them,Coming from fadedpictures,And treasured photo frames.Puffy, swollen and distant,Red eyes…Eyes filled with a hope,An anticipation,A simple expectation ofa miracle,Only to be shattered by,Crushing realization andstark truths. A realization…A hollowness Magnified by those teartracks,Appearing on many a wearyface.With the realization of neverever being whole.Forgotten are they,Like inconvenient truths;In this jungle of facades,Bonhomie and fake camaraderie.In the midst of our yet to be madePromises and vows,And prayers for better daysand better lives,Lets not forget those sacrifices,Those struggles, those fights,For peace, for unity,And happiness unsurpassed.Lest we take for granted,Those precious lives whose time hadcome to pass.For they are beacons,They are our strength,And they are ultimately,The very reasons, If not the core motivation,To do what’s right.